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How to Achieve Diverse Access to College in a Post-Affirmative Action World. Research Report
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Bryan J. Cook – Urban Institute, 2023
There is an abundance of research on the college admissions process and the practices selective schools employ to evaluate and select students. Most findings are complex, nuanced, or conflicting. Less than a month after the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) ruled in "Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard" and "Students…
Descriptors: College Admission, Higher Education, Affirmative Action, Access to Education
Making Research Useful for CEO's and Trustees: Examples from Research on Faculty Salaries, Enrollment Projections, and Minority Access.
Evans, John W. – 1991
Drawing on four examples of institutional research undertaken at San Joaquin Delta College (SJDC), this paper offers six principles to help researchers make their work more relevant and to enable decision makers to utilize research more effectively. The research examples provide brief descriptions of the need for, methodology of, and findings of…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Admission Criteria, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis
Access to Higher Education in Portugal: Selection Procedures Revisited from Studies at the University of Lisbon.
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Marques, J. F.; Miranda, M. J. – Oxford Review of Education, 1996
Analyzes data collected from freshman at the University of Lisbon (Portugal) between 1989 and 1992. Suggests that high school records (grade point average and number of courses completed) are a better predictor of academic success than entrance examinations. Discusses technical aspects of the study and social implications of its results. (MJP)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Access to Education, Admission Criteria